Monthly Archives: March 2008

Catwaxing Galore

Not a lot of writing the last couple days — been catwaxing as well as helping Reesa catch up with some paperwork for her business. I just wrote a little post over on Words Words Words about what I’ve been up too lately, including my latest gaming obsession.
Does anyone else who reads this play Mabinogi?

Funeral (3rd draft)

Another day, another draft. This is probably the ‘final’ draft, barring whatever tweaks my readers suggest. I think I fixed the last flaws, including a somewhat serious one which Steve pointed out.
Funeral, 3rd draft
Microsoft Word wordcount: 1,497 words
Manuscript wordcount: 1,500 words
I hope to begin sending this story out soon.

Funeral (2nd draft)

I finished the second draft of my short story, “Funeral” tonight. I think that I’ve fixed many of the issues Reesa pointed out to me in the previous draft and made the story stronger as a result. I’ve posted it to my writing group and printed out copies for Reesa & Steve to pour over [...]

Review: Indigara by Tanith Lee

My review of Tanith Lee’s young adult novel Indigara is now available on the SF Site. I felt a little bad turning in such a negative review of an author I have enjoyed in the past, but it’s my duty as a reviewer to share my feelings on the book I read even if [...]

Life Presents Complications

Life has left me struggling to find time and energy to write, lately.
I got my laptop back from Dell in great working order, but then I promptly managed to get it infected with some adware that neither my primitive virus checker (AVG) nor the various free antispyware programs could handle. After a couple days of [...]